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th'eaccompanying drawings, forming part oiithis specification, in.which.

nge. ssu'uansouor Law-Ieren, MAINE.

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To ALL WHOM 1r MAY beltonen:l y j l 134e itg'known that, I, 15.12B. Ssuinnsor'r, of 'Ilewistom in the county: of.' udroseoggimahd State of Maine, have invented enerv andl useful Improved PeglCutt'er; and I -liereby declarel thevfollov'ingto' be a full,l clear, and exact description thereof, which' will enable' others to make :rnd-use'nay-invention, reference being had to Figure 1 ie a' sideiview oi'lm'yimprove'd*peg-cutter. i

Figure 2, another sidviev ofthe salme I Iigure 4, a side viert7 et' the saine. l v I In the endeavor t out the projecting ends ofpegs and-nails, theineonvenienee-of'reaching all the parts of the inner side of a boot-'sle',. in particular, is well known-to those inthe business ofi selling and preparing for immediate use such articles. 4 *I The old form of the cutter' is familiar, consisting' otV a dat or' nearlygliat tongue on a long Airon handle. Certainpadjustable cutters have also been made, toi operate with a great'inerease of convenience and ease.; but,

as fur as I am aware,- in-order-to be adjusted sov as to itall parte of the `inside of thesoleo'f a boot, the cutter rnust he withdrawn'rom the boot, arranged as de sirel. by the hand, and thenneplacedin Vthelhoot- The peculiarityof my cutter is, that it isuutom'atic; by this, I mean that the cutting-platewll adjust itself to thedifter'cnt positions in which it may -be placed inthe boot, without requiring tobe withdrawn there; from. In connection with this, my invention ellibraees.alsoav means oi`- disposing oil nails projecting into the.

bootl that are, being of inetaljnot easily out by t'hepeg-cutter.

, Reference to the drawings wil'l'll'ustrate clearly my invention. u a shows a stock orbnr, which, at is designed to be insertedintoa fixed blo-ok or standard, but in a socket, so as to fit closely,andbe held firmly, but be easily removed. Curvature to the stock is 'given at e. d is a,

4 plate, having the cutting-edges c. This plate isrigdIy-attaGhCd to the tonguef, which lits into-a socket in the i ter can be used near the heel oil the bootfand on the heel.

stock, and UYDS there Ori il pvot, g- 7l iS ali arm, moving on the pivot z', having. the hook j and the spiral spring [c at. the other end. 'v l n l The tc'nguef has the slots m n. Asis seenin fig. 2, -when the cutting-plate is turned up, as there shown, the ho'ok j falls into one of these slots, and thus holds the plate; fly pressing with the thumb on the end of the arm t, over the spiral spring, the hookj can be drawn out of the slot, and then thecutting-plate may be moved, as scenin tig. 1. As will lie-seen in tig. 1, there isa spaeehetween the place where't'he hook touches the tongue andthe -slot m. This is thus'arranged, so that,v as the cutter is being used, it will adjust itselfvto diierent motions. This is illustrated by theldotted lines. v v j As theeutter is drawn nearer the yheel of the boot, Ste., ,the cutting-platewill benearer horizontahas shownv by the dottcdlines. f f j l The position in lig. l is vwhen 'the cutting-plate is. pushed into the boot-toe, when, as seen in fig. 2, the eutv Thus a cutter is provided whiehis adjustable to all partsfO-fethe boote'fand still can be xed, when desired to-be placed horizontally, as in v2. f y l v The curvature of the stock improves the usefulness of the tool vby enabling the cutting-plate the more easily to he placed at any point on the interior oi' the boot or shoe on the insole. v

I do not claim an auxiliary or dctachable'iloat; neither. do I claim conneming- A the plate to the head by 'means of lugs orlieys; neither do I claim a spring-locking latch in combination with the pirated head, all of which are shown in the patent of G. Gr. Townsend, 'No- 60,596,l December 18, 1856.

My invention, shown at figs. 1l and 2,'relates nio're particularly to the rendering the plate [Z seliadjustable to a'certain extent when operl'ated'within the boot, and also, when the hook j has slipped into one ofthe recesses m, to rendering it easily relnovable therefrom,by pressing with the linger over the spiral The plate @Z is self-adjustable as long as the hookj rests upon the spaces between the recesses m.

What I claim as my invention, audldesiro to'seeure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the tonguef, plate ol, arm L, and 'helix c, in :the manner herein illust-rated and described,

upon and in combination with-the curved stock' a, as and for the purposes 'set forth;

D. B. SANDERSON.

Witnesses:

HENRY O. HoUsroN,

WM. FRANK SEAVEY. 

